How to get 18 days off and only book nine in 2017

Digital reporter

It's nearly Christmas and we've got a special present just for you. Next year, thanks to the way the bank holidays fall, you can book nine days annual leave and actually be off for NINETEEN consecutive days.

This means that you could leave the office on the 13th of April and not return for nineteen glorious days until May 2.

But you'd best be quick as we think your colleagues will be queuing up to bag these fantastic windfall holidays.